Harrison Copp

Brief Life History of Harrison

When Harrison Copp was born in July 1824, in Covington Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Copp, was 49 and his mother, Sarah Sally Clemmons, was 48. He had at least 2 sons with Louisa Booth. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Covington, Putnam Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died in 1909, at the age of 85, and was buried in Gray Cemetery, Covington Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Harrison Copp
1824–1909
Louisa Booth
1831–1895
Orrin Copp
1851–1909
Frederick P Copp
1854–1934

Sources (6)

  • Harrison Copp, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Harrison Copp - Published information: Newspaper article: birth-name: Harrison Copp
  • Harrison Copp, "United States Census, 1880"

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1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1852

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

Name Meaning

English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived on the top of a hill, from Middle English coppe, Old English copp ‘summit’ (a transferred sense of copp ‘head, bowl’, cognate with modern English cup). Alternatively, a nickname for someone with a peculiarity of the head.

German: variant of Kopp and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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